chalk-white

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

chalk +‎ white

Adjective[edit]

chalk-white (comparative more chalk-white, superlative most chalk-white)

  1. Chalky white.
    • 1998, Eve 6 (lyrics and music), “Inside Out”, in Eve 6:
      I burn, burn like a wicker cabinet / chalk-white and oh so frail / I see our time has gotten stale
    • 2015, Arne Dahl, Europa Blues, →ISBN:
      Six utterly chalk-white people were cramped together beneath the parasol, sharing the little circle of shadow it was casting down onto the moderately sundrenched beach.
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